Honesty: You Better Believe It!

I think this is something that is truly lacking on the world. There are times even I struggle with it during various situations. Maybe if we all worked harder at it, it would be easier for everyone to be honest. I admire the courage of the tall man in the class. I wish to someday have that same courage and honesty.

What would you have done?

Ok, You may be thinking, "What 2 posts in one day? WOW! Special day"

Not really I am just needing to finish getting my frustrations out and this is the best to do it.

Some of you may know, and some not, that I have been working on a special project for the past little while. I have had to remember skills I haven't touched in a long time because doing such things with kids around and under foot is hard. Well this opportunity came up and I thought, hey, why not. My kids are older, just have Cloe to really watch, I can do this! I know up beat eh. Well I worked hard.. beat myself down a little for being out of practice but things were starting to come together when today happened. I had had a long night, early morning and just needed a short nap. You know the 30 minute kind to refresh and keep up with the day. Mike was here, the boys were here, whatever could go wrong? Well Cloe out smarted them all and did this...

Yep coloring and smudges and oil EVERYWHERE. I sat down and just started crying. I had the boys keep Cloe away because I was to upset and I didn't know what I would do. I have to have it done it a couple of days and half the details are gone and scribbles all over the rest. I guess this lack of doing anything to punish Cloe hit her harder than a time out because she has been extra careful around me and my stuff since then.

After about an hour I did manage to pull myself together and spent a few hours trying to fix it up and I think I managed ok. It still doesn't have as bright and vibrant of colors as it use to but I think it looks good. Stay tuned and when I am able I will post the finished product and what this was all for.

What I would like to know is what would you have done?

A Story You Won't Want to Miss

So I know I still have day 7 to post of the Toronto Exchange, but Sam brought me home this story and I just HAD to post it. Trust me, It will make you smile. So without further ado I present:

Something New

By Samuel Lybbert

"But Mom, I want it!" said a little boy.

"No, Jimmy. I'm not getting a laptop" said his Mom. "You already have a computer remember?"

Jimmy said "I don't like it! It's small and slow and doesn't have Internet!"

Then his Mom said "Fine, I'll get you a football, ok?"

"I don't want a football" said Jimmy. "I want something new and high-tech, like a phone!"

"I'm not getting a phone, I'm getting a football." said his Mom, again.

But then a miracle happened! Football Laptops!! Yes thought Jimmy. "Fine Mom, you win. We'll get a football" said Jimmy. He took a football laptop and put it in the cart. And so, Jimmy finally got a laptop.

Yes sirree.. that made me laugh out loud. Hope that brightened your day a little.

Hope you have a Great Day!

Toronto Sudent Exchange Day 6

So on the Wednesday of the Toronto Student Exchange the kids all headed out to Camp Friendship saying good bye to their brief University life. Most of the day was packing and cleaning and then driving. Camp Friendship is run by the Native Friendship Center here and is a Great place and resource. They offer a lot of free camps for our Youth throughout the summer. It was a great place to finish off the trip. The Native Elders also joined us out there for the last couple of days. After a lovely dinner the Elders taught all the kids how to make Tie Blankets. It was one of the favorite activities, next to the horse back riding, the kids enjoyed. Plus it helped keep them warm that night as it was cold and rainy. I loved seeing the youth engage and listen to the Elders. It was quite the experience. Enjoy the Photos

Weigh In Wednesday

Yep you read that right... I have decided that I don't care if the doctors want me to continue to take it easy with my weight loss anymore, I NEED to feel like ME again. I have been taking it "easy" to the tune of being 325.6lbs!! I am in shock!! I have 6 kids to live for and all the doctors can offer me is fat blocking pills for now so that I increase my chance of pooping in my pants? Yep not going there, I am done with diapers remember. When my mother-in-law was here this past week we were talking about things and I had mentioned how I wanted to get a pair of walking shoes and a scale so that I would be ready when the doctors said it would be ok to try again. She encouraged me to just go and do it and I am grateful she did. When I stepped on that scale for the first time I just wanted to cry. I didn't feel like I should be that heavy. I can still move and do things, but I had been feeling more tired. Maybe it was all the ordering out that I did while I was working because I would come home late to no dinner made and to tired to make something. Whatever it was, I am done with not doing anything about it. I feel ready for a change, my body feels ready for it and so I am just going to do it! The scale I bought happens to be a Biggest Loser scale that I have inputted my goal and it helps me keep track of my progress towards that goal. I also signed up for the Biggest Loser Club as well. It was on a 3 month trial and I still have my Weight Watchers as well. I thought at first I would which over 3 months of time I liked better, but I am going to have to say that after a week of comparing I am loving the involvement of the BLC and the community there more. I think it is just a better fit to me, especially since it is a plan that is working around what the doctors have told me and it is working... as this is my first weekly weigh in and I am down to 318lbs! back down to less than when I stared weight watchers.. I lost 7.6lbs in one week with out too many big changes in my diet, just counting calories and stuff now instead of calculating points and having an actual fitness plan to help guide me through the steps of introducing my body to being more active and being ok to not store all this fat. I like that there are people on there to talk to about this that have the same troubles and even amount of weight to lose. If the problems come up again I will work through them better this time and not give up. I will not be so hard on myself when I slip up, but rather brush myself off and carry on. So every Wednesday I weigh in and I will share my positive and negative moments here and I will carry forward.

I WILL BE ME AGAIN!! 

And since a post is not the same without a photo, here is one of the sunset that the Toronto Kids enjoyed the night before they went home. More posts on them tomorrow.

Toronto Student Exchange Day 5

So Day 5 was Horseback riding and Bowling. What fun we had. I have a lot more pictures for this day as it was harder to choose the ones I liked the best. The ranch we drove to Is called the Triple J Ranch and you can find their website here. The kids loved that the head guy was on 2 episodes of Mantracker which you can find here and here

He was great with the kids, especially Claudia. She was crying at first because she was told she was too little to ride the horses but he made her feel better by giving her rides in the yard.

We also went bowling that night at Strike Zone and we had a blast there too but I have to tell you the kids were tired by the end of the day. Tommy came bowling with us so Cloe could get some rest. That little guy is  amazing with what he will try and continue to try until he gets it right. Enjoy the pictures.

Cute Video To Remind Us

I want to say thanks to my friend Erin for showing me that this video had been posted and now I am going to share it with you. Have a great Sunday :)